Todd is featured in the film Choke: Rickson Gracie, a documentary of the Brazilian fighter's preparation for the 1995 Vale Tudo tournament.

In it, he explains how he had chosen to enter the tournament in Japan and fight under this rule set to make money, as he wanted to be able to finance his true dream; to compete in the Olympics as a bobsledder.

[4] Subsequently, Hays became a bobsleigh coach, working with Mike Kohn weeks after returning from Winterberg to help him clinch the third slot for the US national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Subsequently, the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation announced in May 2011 that Hays would take up the position of head coach for the US women's team from July of that year.

[6] However he had to leave this role after one season due to a lack of funds to pay his salary, although he continued to work with the team in an unofficial capacity.